American Mirror | A 77-year-old Vietnam War veteran is “not going to be intimidated” by thugs who spray painted a swastika on his front door, and stole an American flag from his yard.

CNBC | U.S. equities traded higher on Tuesday, hitting new all-time highs, as investors digested housing data and kept an eye on President-elect Donald Trump’s policy agenda.

Breitbart | A Green MP tasked with planning sustainable neighbourhoods in Sweden has said the government can build new cities to deal with an unprecedented demand for housing.

Breitbart | A German court has thrown out a case against a group of extremist Salafist ‘sharia police,’ for the second time, claiming they have not broken the law.

Daily Mail | Some members of the cast of Hamilton, who delivered a message to Vice President-elect Mike Pence about their fears of the new administration, have abstained from voting for years, records show.

Paul Joseph Watson | Home Improvement star calls out ‘tolerant left’ on their own intolerance.

London Independent | The Federal Trade Commission has demanded that producers of homeopathic treatments say on the label that they do not work.

Ron Paul | Maryland Governor Larry Hogan recently signed an executive order forbidding Maryland public schools from beginning classes before Labor Day.

Ron Paul | Maryland Governor Larry Hogan recently signed an executive order forbidding Maryland public schools from beginning classes before Labor Day.

The Deplorable Climate Science Blog | Thermometers show the US cooling since about 1920, but NOAA massively cools the past to create the appearance of a warming trend.

RT | TIME has opened its reader’s poll for the magazine’s Person of the Year award, with the result to be revealed next month.

RT | The State Department has issued an alert to US citizens about a “heightened risk of terrorist attacks throughout Europe,” particularly during the holiday season.

RT | Two Chinese companies have announced plans to build a one gigawatt solar photovoltaic plant in the exclusion zone surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear reactor.

Zero Hedge | FX traders are pricing in as big a potential disruption event for Italy’s referendum as they did (correctly) for the Brexit vote.